A Snapshot of Racialized Poverty in Canada – Statistical Tables
| Table 3 – Marital status, 2006 (Canada and Montreal) Percent distribution of persons living in poverty |
| Total population living in poverty, 15 years and over | Canada | Montreal |
| Racialized persons | Non-racialized persons | Racialized persons | Non-racialized persons |
| Legal marital status |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
| Never legally married (single) |
41% |
52% |
43% |
53% |
| Legally married (and not separated) |
44% |
19% |
41% |
17% |
| Separated, but still legally married |
4% |
6% |
5% |
4% |
| Divorced |
6% |
15% |
8% |
16% |
| Widowed |
4% |
8% |
3% |
11% |
| Common-law status |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
| Not in a common-law relationship |
97% |
92% |
96% |
91% |
| In a common-law relationship |
3% |
8% |
4% |
9% |
| Table 3 – Marital status, 2006 (Toronto and Vancouver) Percent distribution of persons living in poverty |
| Total population living in poverty, 15 years and over | Toronto | Vancouver |
| Racialized persons | Non-racialized persons | Racialized persons | Non-racialized persons |
| Legal marital status |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
| Never legally married (single) |
39% |
45% |
38% |
51% |
| Legally married (and not separated) |
46% |
27% |
49% |
18% |
| Separated, but still legally married |
5% |
7% |
3% |
6% |
| Divorced |
6% |
13% |
5% |
16% |
| Widowed |
4% |
9% |
4% |
9% |
| Common-law status |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
| Not in a common-law relationship |
98% |
95% |
98% |
94% |
| In a common-law relationship |
2% |
5% |
2% |
6% |
Note: Poverty is measured using Statistics Canada's after-tax low income cut-offs (LICOs). The LICOs are only available for persons in private households in the ten provinces. That means the data presented above does not include residents of the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, persons living on Indian reserves and residents of institutions.
Source: Statistics Canada. 2009. Special tabulation, based on 2006 Census. Calculations by the National Council of Welfare.
